Good morning, Baltimore: Need to know for Monday

The Baltimore Sun

WEATHER

Today's forecast calls for mostly sunny skies, with gusty winds and a high temperature in the mid 60s. There is a 30 percent chance of showers tonight, with lows in the low 40s around the Baltimore area.

General Assembly approves ban on arsenic in chicken feed: Maryland's General Assembly adopted a ban on arsenic additives in chicken feed, which if signed into law would make the state the first in the nation to take such a step to keep the toxic chemical out of food and the environment.

Balto. Co.'s new schools chief won over skeptics in Houston: The selection of S. Dallas Dance, 30, as the youngest person to head the Baltimore County public schools in at least 50 years has set off worry here among parents, teachers and administrators that he has too little experience to lead.

Artificial wetlands to grow in Inner Harbor: For weeks now, teams of young and adult volunteers have been assembling what promoters say will be Maryland's largest floating wetland, to be anchored along the bulkhead off the World Trade Center.

Final day? Many issues still hanging for Assembly, foremost the budget: A lengthy roster of high-profile bills remains unresolved as the General Assembly begins what is supposed to be the final day of its 2012 session: Offshore wind power. A doubling of the so-called "flush tax." The future of gambling in Maryland. But really, it's all about the budget.